Biography
Andrew Scott (born 21 October 1976) is an Irish actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, his accolades include a British Academy Television Award, Silver Bear Berlin International Film Festival, and two Laurence Olivier Awards, along with nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Scott first came to prominence portraying James Moriarty in the BBC series Sherlock (2010–2017), for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. His role a...
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Complete Filmography

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
as Lee Ross
World-renowned detective Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet.

Blue Moon
2025
as Richard Rodgers
On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Ric...

People Watching
2025
The visuals for Sam Fender's single 'People Watching'.

Back in Action
2025
as Baron
Fifteen years after vanishing from the CIA to start a family, elite spies Matt and Emily jump back into the world of espionage when their cover is blo...

Quintessentially Irish
2024
as Self
A celebration of all things Irish, from sweeping landscapes to traditions and quirky sense of humor.

National Theatre Live: Vanya
2024
as Ivan / Sonya / Michael / Helena / Alexander / Maureen / Liam / Elizabeth
Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, filmed live in West End, London. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into ...

National Theatre Live: Vanya
2024
Creator
Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, filmed live in West End, London. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into ...
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
2024
as Self
On The Red Carpet presents an in-depth look at the making of All of Us Strangers.

All of Us Strangers
2023
as Adam
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhyt...

An Audience with Kylie
2023
as Self
Performing a selection of her greatest hits plus songs from her latest album ‘Tension’. There will also be some surprise collaborations and Kylie will...

Catherine Called Birdy
2022
as Lord Rollo
A teenage girl in Medieval England navigates life and tries to avoid the arranged marriages her father maps out for her.

Being James Bond
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming...

Oslo
2021
as Terje Rød-Larsen
The true story of negotiations between implacable enemies — the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but commi...

Cognition
2020
as Elias
Journeying through the symbolic landscape of the subconscious mind, the story follows an unbreakable bond between father and son. A bond that transcen...

Three Kings
2020
as Patrick
When Patrick is eight years old his absent father returns unexpectedly and in a brief but memorable encounter, sets him the challenge of "The Three Ki...

1917
2019
as Lieutenant Leslie
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hu...

National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
2019
as Garry Essendine
As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an es...

A Dark Place
2018
as Donald Devlin
When a young boy turns up dead in a sleepy Pennsylvania town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and ...

King Lear
2018
as Edgar
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

The Delinquent Season
2018
as Chris
In Dublin, two couples (Jim and Danielle; Yvonne and Chris) are seemingly living in marital bliss. However, when Chris's behaviour begins to change, Y...

Hamlet
2018
as Hamlet
Hamlet captures the Almeida Theatre's 2017 acclaimed production of William Shakespeare's great play, recorded as-live in its West End transfer on the ...

Handsome Devil
2017
as Dan Sherry
A music-mad 16-year-old outcast at a rugby-mad boarding school forms an unlikely friendship with his dashing new roommate.

This Beautiful Fantastic
2016
as Vernon
Set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London, this contemporary fairy tale revolves around the unlikely friendship between a ...

Denial
2016
as Anthony Julius
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a reno...

Swallows and Amazons
2016
as Lazlov
Four children dream of escaping the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on an island in t...

The Hope Rooms
2016
as Sean
An estranged father, Eamonn, and his son, Sean, meet up after 15 years at a café in London to heal old wounds.

Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Addison Bennett
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
as Professor Moriarty
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.

Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Inspector Turpin
Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

Spectre
2015
as C
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret servic...

Pride
2014
as Gethin
In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one p...

Jimmy's Hall
2014
as Father Seamus
Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.

Locke
2014
as Donal (voice)
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his c...

Unlocking Sherlock
2014
as Himself / Jim Moriarty
Explore how writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss created the hit television sensation. Take a personal voyage through the versions of Holmes that ha...

Legacy
2013
as Viktor Koslov
A KGB plot to attack the UK has plunged Britain into a state of emergency. Charles, a young MI6 spy, is asked to revive an old friendship with Russian...

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best Brit...

The Stag
2013
as Davin
At his fiancée’s urging, a very modern Irish groom-to-be reluctantly agrees to a stag weekend with his friends, camping in the western wilderness of I...

The Scapegoat
2012
as Paul
In 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, two very different men have one thing in common—a face.

Sea Wall
2012
as Alex
A man makes sense of his life, love, family and the possibility of faith whilst facing an emotional abyss.

Chasing Cotards
2011
as Hart Elliot-Hinwood
Once a successful artist, Hart is now a shadow of his former self, his world torn apart by loss. He is consumed by a haunting portrait of his deceased...

Lennon Naked
2010
as Paul McCartney
A profile of John Lennon in the late 1960s as the Beatles are set to fall apart.

Silent Things
2010
as Jake
An autistic man and woman's friendship becomes tested when a 15-year old girl comes between them.

Anton Chekhov's The Duel
2010
as Laevsky
Set in a seaside resort in the Caucasus, the story centers on n'er do well, Laevsky and his illicit relationship with his mistress Nadya. Laevsky has ...

Little White Lie
2008
as Barry
Follows the story of a luckless actor named Barry who has recently split from his girlfriend. He is seen wallowing at home in his pyjamas, where he be...

The Quatermass Experiment
2005
as Vernon
Bernard Quatermass heads the futuristic Experimental Rocket Group whose greatest voyage is coming to an end, but after a dramatic crash landing Victor...

Dead Bodies
2003
as Tommy McGann
The return of a vengeful ex-girlfriend sets into motion a series of gruesome events for a hapless Irish bachelor in director Robert Quinn's grim black...

Killing Hitler
2003
as Sniper
A drama-documentary about Operation Foxley, a 1944 British plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

Nora
2000
as Michael Bodkin
In 1904, in Dublin, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. She enchants him with her frank, direct and uninhibite...

Longitude
2000
as John Campbell
Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.

Sweety Barrett
1999
as Danny
Sweety Barrett is a giant of a man with the mind of a child. An easy target in a corrupt world, Sweety becomes embroiled in a smuggling operation unle...

The American
1998
as Valentin de Bellegarde
After the horror of the Civil War, 'ignorant' Christopher Newman made his fortune. He travels to France is search of cultural treasures. He won't get ...

Saving Private Ryan
1998
as Soldier on the Beach
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain Joh...

Miracle at Midnight
1998
as Michael Grunbaum
Gripping historical drama presents a triumphant celebration of the human spirit. The true-life story of how one Danish family risked their lives in a ...

Drinking Crude
1997
as Paul
After failing school, 18 year old Irish leaves his small town of Kerry to find work. In London, he finds a job at an oil refinery and befriends a crud...

Korea
1996
as Eamon Doyle
Set in 1950s rural Ireland, this is a powerful story of the relationship between father and so. Amid emigration and war, John Doyle’s feud with Ben Mo...

The Love She Sought
1990
as Child in classroom
An aging school teacher (Lansbury) at a Catholic grammar school in Minnesota questions her life's existence when she has to start battling a new bisho...

Pressure
N/A
as James Stagg
In the seventy two hours leading up to D-Day, all the pieces are in place except for one key element – the British weather. Britain’s chief meteorolog...

Heart of Darkness
N/A
as (voice)
Based on Joseph Conrad's novel, Marlow captains a leaky steamboat up the River Congo in search of a mysterious figure named Kurtz who has carved out a...
A Place in Hell
N/A
A top criminal defense attorney, known for representing unlikeable clients in high-profile cases, is a relentless workhorse at her firm and fully expe...